BULLOCK’S TROOPIAL, ORIOLE, OR HANG-NEST. 
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with the loral space, some feathers at the base of the lower mandible, and 
a rather narrow longitudinal band on the fore neck, deep black ; the ante- 
rior part of the forehead, a band over the eye, the cheeks, sides of the neck, 
and the breast, rich orange-yellow ; the rest of the lower parts paler ; the 
lower wing-coverts and the anterior edge of the wing pale yellow ; the hind 
part of the back and the upper tail coverts yelloy, tinged with olive, purer 
on the rump ; wings brownish-black, with a large patch of white formed 
by the outer small coverts and the edges of the secondary coverts, besides 
which the quills are all margined externally with white, the secondaries 
more broadly. The four middle tail-feathers are black, all the rest orange- 
yellow, with a dusky patch near the end, broader on the inner, narrower 
and fainter on the outer. 
Length to end of tail 7£ inches ; bill along the ridge T 9 2 ; wing from 
flexure 4 T V ; tail 3/5 ; tarsus Vl } ; hind toe -, 4 |, its claw T 4 2 ; second toe 
t S 2 , its claw fV ; third toe r 7 |, its claw T 4 2 ; fourth toe T \, its claw T 2 2 ? . 
Adult Female. 
The female is smaller and differs greatly in colouring. The bill and feet 
are as in the male. The upper parts are greyish-olive, lighter on the rump, 
on the head and upper tail-coverts tinged with yellow ; the loral space 
dusky, the anterior part of the forehead, a band over the eye, the cheeks, 
and sides of the neck, with the fore part of the breast, light greenish-yellow ; 
the throat dull white, the lower wing-coverts and edge of the wing very 
pale yellow, the rest of the lower parts greyish-white, slightly tinged with 
olive. The wings are dark brown, the larger small-coverts tipped with 
greyish-white, the secondary coverts and quills edged with the same. The 
tail dull olivaceous-yellow. This description is taken from an individual 
killed on the 21st of June, 1836, on the Columbia river. 
Length to end of tail 7 inches. 
Young Male. 
A young male, killed on the Columbia river, on the 21st of June, 1836, 
and in its first plumage, resembles the female in all the upper parts, includ- 
ing the tail, of which the four outer feathers, however, are more yellow. 
The loral space, and a streak on the throat, shorter and narrower than in 
the old male, are black ; the band on the eye, the cheeks, the fore neck, 
and part of the breast, pale yellow ; the rest of the lower parts as in the 
female. 
